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Starfish Space will inspect dead satellites for NASA
Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space has won a three-year, $15 million contract from NASA for a mission aimed at doing up-close inspections of defunct satellites in orbit.

Such inspections, to be carried out using Starfish’s Otter spacecraft starting in 2027, could blaze a tra
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/09/25/starfish-space-will-inspect-dead-satellites-for-nasa/
#GeekWire #NASA #OrbitalDebris #Satellites #Space #SSPICY #StarfishSpace

#StarfishSpace will take on a $15 million #NASA mission to visit and inspect defunct satellites - which meshes with the Seattle-area startup's vision of saving satellites that need assistance, and safely disposing of satellites that are beyond saving. https://www.geekwire.com/2024/starfish-space-15m-nasa-sspicy-satellite-inspection/ #Space #SSPICY #Otter

NASAが軌道上の宇宙ごみの調査ミッションに資金を提供
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/getting-sspicy-nasa-funds-orbital-debris-inspection-mission/

NASAが商業衛星の点検を進め、Starfish Space社に$15 millionの契約を交わす。Otter spacecraftを用いたSSPICYミッションは2027年に打ち上げ予定。 #NASA #SSPICY #OtterSpacecraft